The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
West Architecture peels back the layers of Grade II-listed house in Islington
Shortlisted for last year’s AJ Retrofit Awards, West Architecture’s House of Layers restores and refurbishes an early Victorian grade II-listed house
Small project & extension
House extensions and refurbishments, plus other small-scale or budget projects undertaken by architects. Find out more about AJ Small Projects here
Emerging practice Intervention Architecture creates black silicone extension in Birmingham
The £84,000 project features a rear elevation formed of black silicone render, complementing blue slate slabs on an external terrace area
Bradley Van Der Straeten adds statement curved ceiling to London extension
A large curved ceiling connects the existing kitchen to a new rooflight over a 10m² side extension
EBBA completes remodel of Manchester preschool
EBBA Architects has extended a modest 1870s building in Swinton to provide much-needed teaching space for a nursery. The project is one of over 100 entries already received for AJ Small Projects 2020
OEB Architects completes high-tech, low-energy extension in north London
The £800,000 extension and refurbishment project integrates a new highly insulated timber frame within a brick shell to meet EnerPHit standards
Annabelle Tugby Architects completes own studio for less than £70,000
Now fully refurbished, the previously semi-derelict workshop in Styal, Cheshire, is one of over 100 entries already received for AJ Small Projects 2020
Sanya Polescuk Architects completes brick arch extension to north London apartment
The 190m² extension has been constructed out of a light brick speckled with overburnt green glazed bricks
Gruff’s extension to south London home features planted internal courtyard
The £300,000 extension for this south London home includes an internal courtyard bringing lots of planting into the centre of the building
House in Surrey by Tigg + Coll features soaring ‘diagrid’ timber canopy roof
The 240m² family home has been designed to accommodate two children with complex needs
Barbican flat reworked as ‘small universe’ by Takero Shimazaki Architects
The apartment mixes influences from both traditional Japanese architecture and European Classicism